A security guard was reportedly shot at the First Tennessee Bank branch at 2015 East Brooks Road on Monday afternoon, according to the Memphis Fire Department.
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These are images of suspects from a bank robbery in Whitehaven on Monday, March 5, 2018. The police said the suspect on the right is the same man who was implicated in an attempted robbery on Summer Avenue on March 3. The police department used the arrows to highlight the man's pants, described as black shorts over blue jeans with red legs.(Photo: Via Memphis Police Department)

A witness to a bank robbery in Whitehaven this week followed the suspects' getaway vehicle to a nearby apartment complex, then flagged down police to tell them what happened, according to a police report.

The police report, released Tuesday, offers new details on the Monday afternoon robbery of the First Tennessee Bank branch at 2015 East Brooks Road.

A security guard was shot and critically injured in the incident. The police report identifies him as Antonio T. Dennie, a 29-year-old guard with a private security company.

He was still listed in serious condition at the Regional Medical Center on Tuesday.

Police originally said they were looking for three suspects, but later said there were only two suspects, and one of them had attempted to rob a bank on Summer Avenue two days earlier.

"When they entered, the first suspect immediately went towards the security guard and fired approximately four to five rounds," the report says. "Security (guard) Antonio Dennie pulled out his weapon and cocked the hammer, but his gun locked." The guard then ran towards the bathroom and fell to the floor, according to the report.

"The suspects went towards the counter and stated for the victims to not call anybody or press any buttons," the report says. "Both suspects jumped the counter and began to grab money from under the counter."

Then the suspects fled through the front door and drove away in a burgundy 1997 Chevrolet Malibu.

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A witness who was in the parking lot saw the suspects leaving and followed them to the nearby Bent Tree Apartments where he saw them run toward the rear of the complex, the report says.

The police department released this image of a suspect in the robbery of a First Tennessee bank on East Brooks Road on March 5, 2018.(Photo: Via Memphis Police Department)

The witness then flagged down officers who were heading to the scene of the bank robbery, the report says. The police found the Chevrolet Malibu near 1988 Winchester, which is near the apartment complex.

“Well, it’s always good when people are good witnesses to their surroundings because we can’t always be around when things happen," said Police Col. Mickey Williams, commander of the Raines precinct.

“So we count on the public to be our eyes and ears, and let us know what’s going on, and that’s what that guy did.”

Police later used a dog to track a scent to a ditch at the west side of the apartment complex, according to the police report. As of Tuesday afternoon, the suspects were still at large.

Police released this image of a suspect in an attempted bank robbery on Summer Avenue on March 3, 2018. He's also one of the people suspected in a bank robbery on East Brooks Road on March 5, 2018.(Photo: Via Memphis Police Department)

The Safe Streets Task Force is handling the investigation, Williams said. It's an interagency effort that includes the FBI, Memphis police and other local law enforcement agencies.

Police have released pictures of the two suspects and are asking anyone with information to call 528-2274.

Reach reporter Daniel Connolly at 529-5296, daniel.connolly@commercialappeal.com, or on Twitter at @danielconnolly.